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  1. Bug #190587
  2. Comment #94

Comment 94 for bug 190587

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In , redhat (redhat-redhat-bugs) wrote :

We added a quick and dirty patch for the problem here:
http://home.powertech.no/oystein/ptpatch2008/

It is a kernel module that disables vmsplice, and logs any attempts to exploit
the bug.
As it it a loadable module it can easily be deployed on systems that can not be
updated with a new kernel for various reasons.